Posted on 04/14/2026 5:46:30 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The Justice Department has fired at least four prosecutors who were involved in prosecutions under the FACE Act during the Biden administration, a government official familiar with the firings told CBS News.
Among those fired Monday is Sanjay Patel, a longtime federal prosecutor in the Civil Rights Division's criminal section who was placed on administrative leave last month, sources told CBS News at the time. The terminations occurred at about the same time a report on the FACE Act and the Biden Justice Department was being finalized.
Congress passed the FACE Act in 1994 to address rising concerns about threats and intimidation that women were facing at reproductive health clinics. Nonviolent and first-time offenses of the law are misdemeanors, while repeat offenses or violations that result in bodily injury or death can be treated as felonies.
The FACE Act report is being drafted by the Justice Department's "weaponization working group," established in the first days of former Attorney General Pam Bondi's tenure.
Tuesday's firings mark the latest in a purge that started last year of Justice Department employees, many of whom worked on criminal or civil cases opposed by the Trump administration or President Trump's allies.
A Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement that the department "has terminated the employment of personnel responsible for weaponizing the FACE Act who still remained at the department."
Stacey Young, a former Civil Rights Division lawyer who founded and leads the nonprofit Justice Connection, said in a statement, "Congress passed the FACE Act with bipartisan support more than 30 years ago, and courts have consistently upheld the constitutionality of its provisions that ensure safe access to reproductive health services."
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Tuesday’s DOJ firings are the latest of last year”s purge of DOJ employees,
<><>many worked on criminal or civil cases opposed by the Trump admin or Pres Trump’s allies.
<><>Congress passed the FACE Act in 1994 Clinton-era
<><>addressed abortion fanatics concerns about pro-lifers opposing abortion
<><>Clinton considered pro-lifers “threats” to women at PP-type abortion clinics.
<><>Non violent and first-time FACE offenses are misdemeanors,
<><>repeat offenses or violations that result in bodily injury or death can be felonies.
The recent FACE Act report is being drafted by the DOJ’s “weaponization
working group,” established in the first days of ex-AG Pam Bondi’s tenure.
But courts consistently upheld Roe for what, 49 years(?)before it was overturned. The treatment of career civil service Justice lawyers like they were saints was never appropriate, and is indefensible after the exposure of Russiagate, etc.
See BS.
FJB should be convicted of treason and hanged.
Continuing to live is more of a punishment for him. Hang him and they call him a martyr. Ridicule him relentlessly and he’s just a senile old coot. That being said, Gutfeld is making me feel sorry for him, which is not good. He should get some new writers.
But nobody takes them seriously, except fellow nimrods.
John Brown was not just a religious zealot, but also a horse thief. Had he been sentenced to ten years in prison, he would not have survived his first buggering, but he would not have been a martyr for the cause of abolition, but a convicted criminal, and the War Between the States might have been avoided.
Biden DOJ ‘weaponized’ federal law to prosecute pro-lifers — and give them longer prison sentences
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